There are some sweet, romantic scenes between Wyatt and Colman, and the two make quite an attractive pair. Wyatt's character is happy in paradise, but Margo's is not, and reinforces Howard's own desires to leave. There are love interests - Colman falls for a native (Jane Wyatt), and follows her on horseback to catch a glimpse of her swimming in a mountain lake, and Howard falls for another (Margo). His fellow castaways (Edward Everett Horton, Thomas Mitchell, John Howard, and Isabel Jewell) all have nuances to their characters, and while they're not developed as fully as they could have been, they follow interesting arcs through the movie. Ronald Colman gives a strong performance, and his demeanor seems well-suited to the film. We suspect conflict will come in one form or another, and it will be a tale of 'Paradise Lost', but it's not obvious how it will play out. There doesn't seem to be a way out, and this grates on most of them, but it suits Colman fine, as he sees kindred spirits in the leaders of Shangri-La, and wisdom in their philosophy. Their plane crashes, killing only the pilot, and they are rescued by mountain people who take them to an idyllic place called Shangri-La. On a plane ride in China, Ronald Colman and four others are hijacked and flown to a remote place in the Himalayas.
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